A Kauai man has quite a story to tell - after fighting off a shark with his bare hands. He and other surfers had spotted a shark about 20 minutes earlier...but stayed in the water, when suddenly, it attacked. Sunday, around noon, about a hundred years off shore near Kilauea ...surfer Jeff Horton was waiting for the next set, when suddenly: 23:41:12 I WAS JUST LOOKING DOWN AND THERE WAS THIS BIG DARK OBJECT AND I WAS JUST LIKE, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH, WOAH! IT JUST LIKE JUMPED OUT 21 23:36:30 THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, I'M IN THIS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION WITH THE SHARK, AND IT JUST MISSED MY LEG, MY LEFT ANKLE AND THEN IT TOOK A BITE OF MY BOARD, IT LIKE LATCHED ONTO MY BOARD, SO I STARTED PUNCHING IT, AND YELLING AND FLIPPING OUT, AND I GAVE IT EVERYTHING I HAD. 47 The former boxer began punching the 10-12 foot tiger shark. At one point, he was in the water, on top of the shark - so close, he could feel its rough skin, against his legs. 23:38:50 I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF RUG BURN ON MY LEG, THE SKIN WAS REALLY LEATHERY AND WHEN I HIT IT, IT FELT LIKE HITTING A BRICK WALL, IT WAS REALLY TOUGH, 56 But the former boxer ....never gave up. 23:38:36 I WAS JUST PUNCHING IT AND PUNCHING IT AND PUNCHING IT, TRYING TO GET AHEAD, AND I THINK I GOT ONE SHOT IN THE EYE. 41 After that shot in the eye - the shark gave up - Horton quickly made it safely to shore. Horton tells us he actually went back into the water, later that afternoon, though at another beach, with a different surf board. He plans to hang the bitten board in his home, as a souvenir. If YOU have any shark stories to share-- like us on Facebook and